FRI 03 Feb 2023 20:00 GMT Premier League Chelsea v Fulham Venue: Stamford Bridge Ben Chilwell, Reece James, Raheem Sterling and Ruben Loftus-Cheek are all fit and available but Joao Felix is still suspended. Kovacic is injured. Enzo may or may not be clear to play. Mudryck will score a goal. Did we really sign Jao Felix? I guess we did. And it was against Fulham a few weeks back that he made the most bizarre challenge. We lost 2-1 to Fulham. Lost. We cannot lose tonight. Even Potter cannot mess this one up surely?
Willian : “My family, my daughters, they love Chelsea so before the game I asked: who are you going to support tomorrow? they said, ‘Chelsea!’ I said, ‘No, but Daddy plays for Fulham now’. They said, ‘We know, Daddy, you can play good, you can score but we are supporting Chelsea”
Kovacic, Kante and Zakaria out and we sold Jorghinio. Yep, we sold him, the vice captain. We got good money for a player with only 6months left and we sent him to a club when he can be as good as Gallas or Willian. Jorghi not a bad player, just WAY too slow. Jorghi seemed like a nice bloke too. Took a good penalty. . . what else can we say about him? Zakaria. I like what I have seen when he plays but I doubt we will be keen to sign up another player with constant injury issues. Kante. Will he return to be the player he was? that is the greatest midfield player of a generation. I mean it has been too long, we seem to have forgotten. But Kante fit is Kante on form. It is like having two players. The Kante brothers. RLC to get a game tonight? He is never going to leave us btw. 120k a week.
Enzo starting with Mount and Gallagher in midfield…no other options on the bench. Can’t wait for Kanté to come back from injury.
WOW ZIYECH STARTSKepa; Reece James, Thiago Silva, Badiashile, Cucurella, Fernandez, Gallagher; Ziyech, Mount, Mudryk; Havertz— Sam C (@SamC_reports) February 3, 2023
James concerns me. Didn’t they learn from last time. Ease him back in. I know he’s gonna be a sub but damn. Bring him on for 30 at the end.
4-2-3-1 James straight back in AND Chillwell on the bench. Madueke on the bench. Sterling on the bench. 1Arrizabalaga 24James 6Thiago Silva - Captain 4Badiashile 32Cucurella 5Fernández 23Gallagher 22Ziyech 19Mount 15Mudryk 29Havertz How sulky will Ziyech be this evening? put him on - body language watch Where is Auba? Substitutes 13Bettinelli 14Chalobah 17Sterling 21Chilwell 26Koulibaly 27Fofana 28Azpilicueta 30Chukwuemeka 31Madueke
Not a great start but not a bad start either. Slowly taking control of the game but need the end result.
Experiment Test Result Trial # 24465363676584; Results: same as all prior (except Trial # CL Final), Hav is not a striker; Recommendation try again next match